Helping software testers remain relevant and employable

Month: October 2014

There’s growing research that suggests that sitting down all day is bad for you so in a bid to live longer and see my sons growing up I’ve started using a standup desk at work. A few others here at NewVoiceMedia are also using standing desks. I also thought I’d have a go at building a standing […]

At some point during your recruitment drive you’ll likely use recruiters. The problem is that some recruiters are creating a bad first impression of your company. Your recruiters are often the first point of contact a potential hire has with your company. Here are some ideas on how to help your recruiters create a great […]

When recruiting software testers many hiring managers often look for the impossible candidate who can do everything. These people don’t exist yet many hiring managers continue to place job adverts that seek out these candidates. What follows are 5 ways that will help you to create effective adverts for recruiting software testers When I […]

I’ve just posted over on my LinkedIn profile about how a competency matrix may not be helpful in working out your teams competencies. In the article I outline 4 problems with a competency matrix and a simple solution to all of them – focus on behaviours and results. Here are the four identified problems. The […]

Building a successful test team is hard work. I’ve outlined 8 lessons learned from building a team in an article titled “The Blazingly Simple Guide To Growing A Test Team”. It has been published in the October edition of Testing Trapeze. 8 Lessons Learned From Building A Team The article sits along great articles from […]

Welcome

Howdy and welcome to The Social Tester website. My name is Rob Lambert and I’ve been blogging on this site for many years.

Although I no longer post to this site you can follow my new adventures helping managers in tech companies build amazing teams over on Cultivated Management

I’m keeping this site here as it’s still getting traffic. Which is nice.